Exodus 5:21:1Exod.5.21.W1PAT
וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ
vayomru
“and they said”
- Transliteration
- va-yom-RU
- Extended
- vah-yohm-ROO
- IPA
- /vaj.joːmˈruː/
Meaning by language
- English
- and they said
- French
- et ils dirent
- Spanish
- y dijeron
- Portuguese
- e disseram
- German
- und sie sagten
- Russian
- и они сказали
- Arabic-Simplified
- وَقَالُوا
- Hindi
- और उन्होंने कहा
- Chinese-Simplified
- 他们就说
- Korean
- 그리고 그들이 말하였다
- Indonesian
- dan mereka berkata
- Bengali
- আর তারা বলল
- Tagalog
- at sinabi nila
- Swahili
- na wakasema
- Amharic
- እነርሱም አሉ
- Yoruba
- wọn sì sọ
- Igbo
- ha wee sị
- Twi
- na wɔkae
- Ewe
- eye gblɔ
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Yod | y as in yes; marks long ī | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū |
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The word
Word in context
- word
va-yom-RU
- phraseyour reading level
va-yom-RU a-le-HEM
- clause
va-yom-RU a-le-HEM ye-RE Ye-ho-VAH a-lei-KHEM ve-yish-POT
- sentence
va-yom-RU a-le-HEM ye-RE Ye-ho-VAH a-lei-KHEM ve-yish-POT a-SHER hiv-ash-TEM et-rei-KHE-nu be-ei-NEI far-O u-ve-ei-NEI a-va-DAV la-tet-KHE-rev be-ya-DAM le-har-GE-nu
In context — Exodus 5:21
and they said to them may see LORD upon you and may he judge because you have made stink our smell in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants to give a sword in their hand to kill us
About this coordinate
Exodus 5:21:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 5:21, so the Hebrew word וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (vayomru) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Exod.5.21.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.5.21.W1.S1) and character.